Display-box.



A. R. BONHAM.

DISPLAY BOX.

APPucAHoN HLED JAN. l0. |918.

Patented Miu. 4, 1919.

To all whom t may concern."

ANsoN n. BONHAM, or PHILADELPHIA, rENNsYLvANIA.

DISPLAY-BOX.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented' Mar. 4, 1919.

Application led January 10,1918. Seria1 N o. 211,140.

Be it known that I, ANsoN R. BONHAM, a

citizen of the United States, residing in Philadelphia, county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Display-Boxes, of which the following is a specification.

y My invention relates' to the structure of a combined packing or shipping and display box, carton or the like for rwriting instruments, such as pencils, penholders, or the like, and referred to in the appended claims as pencils.

For an illustration of some of the various forms my invention maytake, referencemay be had to the accompanying. drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a closed box or carton embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional View through the box or carton with the articles packed thereinand before rupture of the overlaid cover sheet.

Fig. 3 is asectional View, similar to Fig. 2, showing some of the articles in display position.

Fig. 4 is a. vertical sectional view of a modified construction wherein the coperating article support is differently placed'.

Referring to Figs. 1, 2 and 3, the box portion B, of any suitable material, such as pasteboard or cardboard, has the bottom b upon which rests the downwardly turned ends a, of the false bottom member c spaced from the bottom b.

Upon the false bottom c and within the box B may be packed or suitably' disposed the pencils, penholders or other desired articles P. The closure member C, of cardboard, pasteboard, or any other suitable material, fits the boX"B and comprises the cover sheet d having a plurality of perforations e disposed preferably in vertical register with similar perforations f in the false bot-- tom c.

Pasted or otherwise secured upon the cover sheet d is the overlaid sheet g of paper or lother suitable easily rupturedy material which covers and preferably completely conceals the perforations e in the cover'sheet du When the box is,opened,',the1pencils or other articles P are removed and the closure C replaced -to position, as indicated in Fig. 3. Then any suitable number ofarticles P are forced through the overlaidsheet g 'at the perforations e in thefcover sheet d, passing through the perforations e and then through the perforations f in :the false bottom c, thereby displaying the articles P above the box, as indicated in Fig. 3.

In Fig. 4, in lieu of arranging the auxiliary supporting member'as a false bottom c as in Figs. 2 and 3, the auxiliary supporting member c has parts upwardly turned, as indicated at it, and outwardly turned, as indicated at z', and thereby attached to lthe inside ofthe cover sheet d or merely held between the cover sheet d and the upper edges of the box B. In this case again `the member c has the perforations f disposed' beneath the perforations e in the cover sheet d, which is again overlaid by the sheet g, as described in connection with Figs. 1 .to 3 inclusive. f.

In the case of Fig. 4, the pencils or articles may 'be packed within the boxB beneath the member c; and as in the case of Fig. 3,. the pencils or' articles Vupon removal fromthe box and replacement of the cover may be forced through the -overlaid sheet g through the l' perforations e in the member d and thence through the perforations f in the member. c, thereby holding the articles in display position, as indicated.

l What I claim is: Y

1. A shipping and display box for pencils having a wall having incomplete perforations, and anauxiliary supporting member within the box forming `a wall of a compartment for storing the pencils and having perforations in register with the aforesaid incomplete perforations, whereby pencils removed from the storage compartment may be forced through said incomplete perforations to complete them and extended through the perforations in said auxiliary supporting member to support said pencils in dis .play position.

2. A shipping and display boxfor pencils. having a wall having perforations, a sheet on said wall overlying said perforations, andan auxiliary supporting member within the boxfforminfg a wall of :a pencil storing compartment and having perforations in register with the aforesaid perforations, -whereby pencils removed from the storage compartment may be forced through forations in said'auxiliary supporting memberA to .support said pencils indisplay pov s ition.

comprising a box member, a cover therefor, said cover having perforations, a sheet attached to said cover and covering said perforations, andan auxiliary supporting member having perforations and supported Withinsaid box and so disposed therein as to leave a storage space for pencils, whereby pencils removed from said storage space may be forced through said sheet and the perforations covered thereby and extended through perforations in said auxiliary supporting member and held in 'display position outside of said cover'by said cover and said auxiliary member.

' 4. A storage and display box for pencils having a box body, a cover therefor having incomplete perforations, an auxiliary supporting member having perforations, and means for supporting said 'auxiliary supporting member Within said box spaced from the box cover and from the bottom of the box, the space on one side of said auxiliary member forming a storage compartment for pencils, whereby pencils removed from said storage compartment may be forced through said first named perforations to complete the same and to extend through perforations in said auxiliary supporting member t0 be held thereby in display position.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my signature this 9th day ofJanuary, 1918.

ANSON BONHAM 

